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Manual compliance strain fuels automation push - survey
Manual compliance is throttling security teams, as RegScale finds delays, staff strain and patchy automation in most large organisations.

Watch live: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces Election Day 2026 date
The prime minister is set to confirm the date as National MPs gather.

From Palmerston North to flightless birds: How comedians love roasting NZ
From John Cleese’s brutal Palmerston North dig to Trevor Noah’s KFC saga, New Zealand has long been an easy and willing target for some of the world’s biggest comedians.

Flight of the Conchords set to soar again after eight-year hiatus
Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie are reuniting, for at least one night.

VDURA index tracks volatile SSD pricing & AI impact
VDURA launches index and modelling tool as AI-fuelled SSD volatility drives 189% flash cost surge and widens gap with hard drives.

Wordly forecasts AI to impact three key areas of events sector
Wordly predicts AI-driven personalisation, live captions and multilingual tools will define leaner, data-led events and trade shows by 2026.

Rimini Street touts Agentic AI ERP as upgrades stall
Rimini Street pitches Agentic AI ERP and Smart Path savings as CIOs delay costly Oracle and SAP upgrades amid rising budget pressure.

Lancom wins AWS Managed Service Provider designation
Lancom wins coveted AWS Managed Service Provider status, boosting its cloud credentials and access to joint sales and technical support.

Extreme unveils global AI-driven partner programme
Extreme has launched a global AI-driven partner programme unifying rebates, deal registration and sales tools under a single model.

Heidi scales AI clinical documentation with MongoDB
Heidi scales AI clinical note-taking to 81 million consultations worldwide after migrating its data platform to MongoDB Atlas.

IBRS highlights Interactive’s sovereign-first cloud focus
IBRS spotlights Interactive’s sovereign-first cloud strategy and hybrid services as Australian organisations rethink data residency and compliance.

‘Everything is going wrong’: Tiny club from Norwegian fishing town stuns Manchester City in Champions League
Manchester City lost 3-1 at tiny Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt in one of the most humiliating upsets in Champions League history.

Litrea brings AI-powered Litrea One workflows to iOS
Litrea debuts Litrea One Mobile for iOS, bringing AI agent Lito and synced drafting, review and knowledge tools to lawyers on the move.

‘He’s done a runner on us’: Labour MP announces retirement, will leave Parliament in weeks
Adrian Rurawhe, the former Speaker of the House, is set to retire from politics after a decade in Parliament.

Search for driver missing after being washed away in north Auckland river
A passenger in the vehicle told a local resident his uncle was in the car that had been swept away.

Cobalt launches two-way Microsoft Teams pentesting tool
Cobalt debuts a two-way penetration testing integration for Microsoft Teams, promising faster remediation and real-time security collaboration.

HP Merges HyperX and OMEN brands
HyperX debuts new laptop and monitor, delivering breakthrough performance, personalisation, and immersion for gamers everywhere.

Synechron unveils Agentic AI suite for regulated sectors
Synechron has launched an Agentic AI suite to automate mission-critical workflows in heavily regulated financial and insurance sectors.

Ping Identity launches universal trust layer for ID
Ping Identity unveils Universal Services, a central trust layer to bring continuous ID verification to fragmented identity systems.

Ping Identity unveils Universal Services for trust
Ping Identity has launched Universal Services, a continuous trust layer to combat AI-driven fraud and secure risky interactions beyond login.